Venus, with its thick atmosphere, Mercury’s thin atmosphere is less able to trap in the heat. However, it is hot enough to have liquid lead on the surface on the Sun side, but the night side drops down to as little as 173°C/ 280°F....
Neptune Facts Facts about the Planets Mercury’s craters are named after famous artists, musicians and authors. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Earth’s atmosphere protects us from meteoroids and radiation from the Sun. There have been more missions to Mars than any other pl...
Of the eight planets in the solar system, Mercury is theclosest planet to the sun. It is also the smallest planet only slightly larger than our moon. Despite being the smallest planet with a mean diameter of 3,032 miles (4,879 km), Mercury is the second densest planet. With the shorte...
Venus is one of the weirdest planets in the solar system. We explore the scorching planet in more detail with 20 interesting facts about Venus.
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Earth is the only planet not named after a god. The other seven planets in our solar system are all named after Roman gods or goddesses. Although onlyMercury,Venus,Mars,JupiterandSaturnwere named during ancient times, because they were visible to the naked eye, the Roman method of naming pl...
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Interesting Facts About Mercury A year on Mercury is equivalent to 88 Earth days, making it the shortest year of any planet in the solar system A day on Mercury ( the time it takes to rotate once on its axis) is longer than its year! (176 Earth days) Mercury experiences extreme tempera...
Venus has no known moons, which makes it nearly unique in our solar system. The only other designated planet without moons isMercury, which is quite close to the sun. Scientists aren't yet sure why some planets have moons and some do not, but what they can say is that each planet ha...